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Friday, February 22, 2013

My Weekly Writing Update (8)

As you have seen, my main focus as of right now is If Only We, a young adult contemporary novel. I am in the process of revising and rewriting this one.

If Only We- current word count is 57,556.

And yet again... nada. I am a little disappointed in myself for this, especially with how determined I've been to get this done. Not that I'm trying to make excuses (because I do still have time where I *can* sit down and work on it) but there's been a lot going on with work, clearing out junk in my room, and online sales, among other things. *shakes head* I need to kick myself in the butt and stop stopping and start something.

I just read this article from author Keary Taylor about how self-published authors can get their work on NetGalley. I didn't know that it was possible to get on there without being attached to a publisher. The cost is actually quite reasonable, and the benefits are great. I'm considering doing this at some point, not for If Only We, but for a future work.

2 comments:

I'd been wondering about NetGalley coz I've seen indie books there recently, but I just about peed my pants when I saw $399 lol. She makes some good points...good enough to make it sound reasonably but when you're poor that's A LOT of money. I'd really been hoping to get WFTS up there but at this point I'd rather pay for a tour and some swag (omg I forgot to tell you I ordered postcards and notebooks...I can't wait for them to get here!). Anyway it's definitely something to keep in mind for the future...hopefully someday it'll be like '$399? Pff, no problem' lol ;-) <3

Hahaha! I know, it DOES seem steep. When I first read it I was like WHAT?! but she is right. If you have a little extra to invest in it, it would SOOO be worthwhile. I'll have to do it with my next book and tell you how it goes. ;) Someday you will do it too!

AND AWESOME!!! I cannot wait to see the swag! I'm so glad you got some. :)

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Jessica Sankiewicz is the author of the New Adult novella series, This Night. You can often find her either reading or marathon watching TV on DVD, her favorites being Castle and Veronica Mars. She frequently mismatches her clothes and giggles uncontrollably. She knows almost every Billy Joel song by heart. She collects books and toys, and she has an intense love of cats and lemurs. Jessica decided when she turned 27 that she would remain 27 forever. Currently in the midst of her quarter-life-crisis, she is still takin' names and getting very close to reaching an epiphany.